I Don't Care

"I Don't Care" is Fall Out Boy's first single from their fifth studio album Folie à Deux. It was first available for listening on mozes.com and falloutboyrock.com on September 3, 2008. The song was released to iTunes on September 8, 2008. The song has been described as a very political track by Patrick Stump, the lead vocalist of the band, but not political in the traditional sense; more about the politics of a relationship. Stump has said that this song is about the superficiality and selfishness that is associated with pop culture. He said the chorus is very catchy and anthemic, yet very vacuous and empty.

[Instrumental Intro] [Intro] Oh! Oh! [Verse 1] Say my name and his in the same breath I dare you to say they taste the same Let the leaves fall off in the summer And let December glow in flames (In flames), oh! Erase myself and let go Start it over again in Mexico These friends, they don't love you They just love the hotel suites now! [Chorus] I don't care what you think As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness In misery I said-a I (I!) don't (don't!) care what you think As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness In misery [Post-Chorus] Oh! Oh! [Verse 2] Oh, take a chance, let your body get a tolerance I'm not a chance, but a heat wave in your pants Pull a breath like another cigarette Pawn shop heart, trading up, said no... (Oh!) I'm the oracle in my chest Let the guitar scream like a fascist Sweat it out, shut your mouth, free love on the streets, but In the alley, it ain't that cheap now [Chorus] I don't care what you think As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness In misery I said-a I (I!) don't (don't!) care what you think As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness In misery [Post-Chorus] Oh! Oh! [Bridge] Mmm, said-a, I don't care just a-what you think As long as it's about me, you said-a I don't care just a-what you think As long as it's about me, I said-a I don't care (I don't care!) You said, I don't care (I don't care!) Said I (I!) don't (don't!) care (care!), oh! I (I!) don't (don't!) care (no, I don't!), oh! I don't care! (Said-a I don't care!) I said-a, I (I!) don't (don't!) care... (care...) [Chorus] I don't care what you think As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness In misery... I said-a I (I!) don't (don't!) care what you think As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness In misery... [Guitar Solo] [Outro] Oh!